We made it to our inland destination at about noon today. We are now at the mouth of the Atlantic Ocean once again, and below Cape Hatteras. 200 miles of the Intercoastal Waterway. Wow, it was a challenge at times. We did get bottomed out briefly today in the final stretch. We took the cutoff to our anchorage and ran into 5-feet of water. We later saw the note in our guide that clearly says the cut is no longer serviced (dredged). I was able to free the boat and work our way back out. There were two ways in so we altered plans to the longer route.
Our plan for tomorrow, if the weather holds, is to bump out for a day sail in the Atlantic. That means we will exit the ICW and sail southwest to Wilmington, North Carolina. It’s will be an aggressive 75 mile sail with no time to spare. The wind direction should be perfect. This is the kind of thing I had hoped to take advantage of. This will put us at an equivalent attitude of just south of Little Rock, Arkansas. I’m hoping the weather starts to get warmer. This cold sailing is getting old.
I haven’t looked beyond tomorrow yet. One day at a time. All is well. YOLO is holding up well but the real test will be tomorrow. We’ll dinghy in tonight and seek out a local sailing pub. It’s always good to see what the locals have to say about what were doing. If they think were nuts, we have a plan B.
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